SALVADOR CEASE-FIRE?

President Jose Napoleon Duarte called Sunday for a cease-fire in the nation's nine-year-old civil war and said he was willing to postpone elections and hold peace talks with leftist rebels.

In a speech broadcast in the evening on Salvadoran radio and television, Duarte said the cease-fire could begin at midnight Tuesday if the guerrillas accept the proposal, and would last at least until his term expires June 1.